由执行编辑黛安·费尔德曼（Diane Feldman）
The importance of size-up
From Mike Ciampo, lieutenant, FDNY: “Size-up is an important part of any fire or EMS call. Every now and then, though, it is easy to miss or overlook something because of the circumstances.
“A few years ago, I was in charge of patient care at a car accident with one person pinned behind the steering wheel. As I assessed the victim, who was conscious the whole time, I asked typical size-up questions and performed a physical assessment. The victim said twice that he had no feeling in his left leg, foot, or toes. As I palpated them, I ran through in my mind a list of possibilities of what could be wrong with him.
“我的同伴消防员使用液压吊具/切割机来撬开汽车的门，并暴露了受害者；但是，我们意识到他仍然被仪表板固定。因此，我们继续拆除汽车，直到受害者取消了他的假肢左腿并协助他自己的拆除为止。难怪他的左腿，脚或脚趾没有任何感觉！”
Instructions for life
Thanks to John M. Buckman, chief, German Township (IN) Fire Department, and immediate past president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, for these “Instructions for Life.” Use them at home and in the fire station:
- 考虑到伟大的爱和伟大的成就涉及巨大风险
- 当您输了时，请不要失去课程。
- Follow the three Rs–Respect for self; Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
- When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Spend some time alone every day.
- Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
- 您家中充满爱意的氛围是您一生的基础。
- In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
- Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
- 对地球保持温和。
- Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
- 请记住，最好的关系是你们彼此相爱超越彼此的需求的关系。
- 通过为了获得它而必须放弃的东西来判断您的成功。
- 用鲁ck抛弃的爱与烹饪。
A letter to a fire department
The original author is unknown.
亲爱的酋长，
I am taking this opportunity to thank you for putting out the fire in my house at 366 Lincoln Street, although you will note from the address above that I do not live in the house any longer. I can see that a fire in the cellar is fairly easy to put out. You just fill it up with water. Too bad my fire wasn’t in the cellar.
I was quite worried when the fire engines arrived, with all that confusion and running around. My husband said, “It’s a good thing it was daylight or there might have been more accidents.” I hope the man who fell off the fire engine when it lurched in front of the house is all right. The other engine, the big one, just missed running him over.
They really got the hose off the engine fast and piled it up in the middle of the road and started looking for the ends. One man pulled out one end and put a big spray nozzle on and dashed into the house. Another man found the other end and put a big nozzle on it and ran to the side of the house. Then they both shouted, “Start the water.” How ingenious. I would have thought they would have had to screw the hoses onto a hydrant or truck to get water out of them!
I felt so sorry for the man with the cap on who was left with the engine. He was wringing his hands, pulling on knobs; one would have though that he almost looked like he didn’t know what else to do. He finally got into the engine and drove it down the street out of sight. I also felt sorry for the man in the white helmet who kept dropping his portable radio and waving his arms a lot. Lucky for him it was a mild day so when the water from the hose hit him, he probably didn’t catch a cold. After he found his helmet, hand light, and portable radio, he began waving his arms again but, since I was so far away, I couldn’t hear what he was saying. He seemed a might upset and angry.
After awhile, the smoke was getting blacker and blacker, so I thought it best that I get some of my belongings out of the house. I was putting together some of my valued possessions when two men with tanks on their backs and masks on their faces rescued me. You men are so thoughtful. They were in an excitable state and talking incoherently through the masks. One pointed to a door; I tried to warn them, but it was too late. They opened the door to the closet and both charged in. I was able to get the bigger fellow out without too much trouble but the smaller man’s tank was caught in the wall. He certainly hit the wall hard, and the big man was right behind him.
I immediately went to the window to attract attention. I know there were a lot of men outside running around and yelling. Just then the man with “Captain” on his helmet and another man with “Battalion Chief” on his helmet who were running around the house at top speed collided head on. The “Battalion Chief” was furious; the “Captain” didn’t get up. It’s a good thing that they moved him because that’s where the big metal ladder landed when it fell over. In the excitement, someone had closed the closed door where the little man was trapped, and it wasn’t until a little bell started ringing on the man’s tank that anyone thought about him. You people certainly think of everything! Imagine a bell on you that rings when you get caught in a closet.
They got the poor man out, but he almost suffocated when they attempted to revive him with the breathing machine. Three other people were turning knobs on the bottles and the air hose while arguing about how to use it. Fortunately, the man had enough strength to keep pushing the face mask off or he might have smothered there and then. By this time, the smoke was blanketing the neighborhood. I was almost impressed when you new ladder truck pulled up and the men raised the big ladder and chopped a hole in the roof. My neighbor still wonders why they cut a hold in his roof instead of mine but I continue to tell him that he should shut up and leave the firefighting to the professionals.
我去了楼上，那里很热和烟熏。我打开了窗户，还不错。在外面，男人在梯子上挣扎，梯子被一些电线和树枝捕捉到。有人把它移开了，把一个家伙搁在屋顶上。他们现在正试图把它归还给他，因为他无法下车。他们当然很兴奋地与那个梯子一起跳舞！然后，我听到楼梯，咳嗽和咒骂发出的噪音。语言很糟糕！一个男人劝诫另一个人，“你上了，你 @*＃％ @*，起床！”通过烟雾，我可以看到一个男人躺在楼梯的顶部附近。 He shouted, “Hey Cap, there’s a lady up here!” It must have been “Cap” who yelled back, “Give her the line, maybe she can get a shot at it, and watch your language, you @#$&x$!”
由于我遇到了这么大的软管，我建议大个子拿着软管拿着软管，而小家伙则用这些工具跑来跑去。如果您还记得大火发生后，发生了大量事故。一个戴着白帽子的男人，比他的衣领上的其他人更多地挂在楼上，并用“船长”戴上帽子，以将碎屑扔到窗外，而无需检查下面的人是否在下面。此后不久，大喊大叫要停下来。那个有所有号角的人刚沿着建筑物侧面行走时刚刚被掉落的沙发击中。
The officer with “Safety” on his helmet was injured and almost drowned when he fell through a hole in the floor and ended up in the flooded cellar. A chair had been placed over the hole but the man in the white hat who had gotten wet earlier made them move it because someone might have tripped over it. He then told the man with “Safety” on his helmet that he was a dopey bastard anyway! Such language! A “Capt” was making a close examination of a wall when someone struck it with a heavy tool from the other side. The “Capt” seemed okay but his helmet was wedged on his head; they couldn’t get it off. He also seemed somewhat shorter.
戴着白色头盔的那个人变得非常愉快，尽管他仍然很湿。他告诉我，我很幸运，并向我的邻居和我自己指出，在发生火灾时致电消防部门的重要性。大多数大火是警报延迟的结果。想象一下，如果我等着打电话会发生什么。In closing, I would like to say that we haven’t had so much excitement and commotion around here since the little boy rang the false alarm and the big ladder truck rolled backward down the hill into the car with “Chief” painted on it and the bell in front. Thank you again for your efforts on my behalf and, I will try not to leave the iron on the ironing board again.
Respectfully yours,
Mildred Farquas
Never trust the cops!
The volunteer chief of a suburban New Jersey department was responding to a call; when he arrived at the street, he was greeted by a police officer at the entrance to the block. The chief looked down the block and saw what appeared to be smoke coming off the roof of a house. The police officer said, “Chief, I think everyone is out of he house, but you have a job on the second floor.”
这是一个工作日,这意味着人员有限,所以the chief called an automatic second alarm, which would bring three out-of-town trucks, including a FAST.
警察在肩膀上轻拍酋长，说：“糟糕。蒸汽。”
The chief said, “Steam? What do you mean, steam?”
It had just rained, and when the sun came out, it caused steam to rise off the roof of the house!
酋长说：“这会教我相信早点警察！”
检查日期！
A platoon of firefighters were in a “pool” for weekly “Pick 6” lottery tickets. One morning, one firefighter bought a ticket using the previous night’s winning numbers. He put it in their pile of tickets to be checked against the numbers published in the local newspaper. To the disbelief of the unsuspecting firefighter who was checking the tickets, he saw one of the tickets had the winning number! He had no reason to double check the date on the ticket. The guy started screaming and yelling, telling everyone he was quitting his job. Finally, the others told him that the joke was on him!
Diane Feldman is a 13-year veteran of188金宝搏是正规吗;她在过去的12年中担任执行编辑。她有学士学位在英语/通讯中。以前，她是纽约美国管理协会的编辑.
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